Floor Coverers

Floor coverers install a wide variety of flooring materials, including carpet, wood, laminates, and sport surfaces. Floor covering professionals are experts at estimating materials, understanding pattern layout, and safely using many tools, adhesives, and fastening systems.

Compensation Information

Per Hour Wage

$39.49

Benefits don’t come out of your check.

Jobs are

444.69%

Higher than Minimum Wage!

Per Hour Total

$67.35

Featuring premium health insurance.

Work Conditions

Both indoor and outdoor, nearly every facility and building type, varying weather, physically demanding, new and existing construction, working from heights

Skills Needed

Math, spatial and mechanical ability, hand/eye coordination, physical stamina, fast-paced thinking and reacting, problem solving, comfortable with heights, blueprint reading, detail-oriented

Relevant Classes

  • Algebra

  • Basic arithmetic

  • General math

  • Geometry

  • Science

  • Technology

  • Mechanical drawing

  • English/communication

  • Shop classes

Education and Training

  • 4-year apprentice program

  • 5,600 hours of on-the-job training

  • 640 classroom hours

  • Choice of $50/day stipend or collect unemployment

Are you ready to see what a career as a Floor Coverer has to offer?